WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/USA/78 
12 October 2010 
 (10-5253) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 16 September 2010, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States of America .  The notification concerns export subsidy commitments 
(Tables ES:1 and ES:2 ) for 2007  and 2008 . 
   
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Page 2 Table ES:1  
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Unit ed States of America 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2007 
 
Export Subsidies:  Budgetary Outlays and Quantity Reduction Commitments 
 
Description of products Calendar / marketing year 
beginning  (1) Subsidized exports (2) Food aid (3)  Annual commitment levels 
  Outlays 
(US$) Quantity 
(tonnes) Quantity 
(tonnes)  Outlays 
(US$) Quantity 
(tonnes) 
1 2 3 4 5  6 7 
Wheat and wheat flour  0 0 1,006,978 (4) 363,814,616 14,522,060 
Coarse grains  0 0 832,900 (5) 46,117,755 1,560,599 
Rice  0 0 118,900  2,368,925 38,544 
Vegetable oils  0 0 191,100  14,082,900 141,299 
Butter and butter oil  0 0 0  30,497,220 21,097 
Skim milk powder  0 0 0  82,463,935 68,201 
Cheese  0 0 0  3,635,638 3,030 
Other milk products  0 0 0  20,974 34 
Bovine meat  0 0 0  22,822,166 17,589 
Pigmeat  0 0 0  497,055 395 
Poultry meat  0 0 0  14,554,827 27,994 
Live dairy cattle (head)  0 0 0  11,881,419 11,024 
Eggs (dozen)  0 0 0  1,604,478 6,919,603 
Upland cotton (6)  0 0 0  0 0 
 
(1) All quantity commitments are for the period 1 July 2007 through  30 June 2008 while budgetary ou tlay commitments are impleme nted on fiscal year basi s beginning 1 October 2007. 
(2) WTO dispute settlement proceedings resulted in a determinat ion that the Commodity Credit Corporation export credit guarante e program (GSM-102) conferred an export subsidy 
with respect to specific agricultural goods during fiscal year 2006 of the United States Governme nt.  Summaries of export credi t guarantee activity under the GSM-102 for fiscal year 
2008 can be found at:  http://www.fas.usda.gov/excredits/Monthly/ecg.html .  Dollar amounts for guarantees registered do not constitute budgetary outlays for purposes of annual 
commitment levels. 
(3) Data is for food aid to all destinations on a fiscal year basis beginning 1 October 2007. 
(4) Includes wheat, bulgur wheat and wheat  flour on wheat equivalent basis. 
(5) Includes sorghum. 
(6) The panel and Appellate Body reports in the dispute United States – Subsidies on Upland Cotton  (DS267) found that certain payments to exporters under the Upland Cotton 
Domestic Marketing Certificate Pr ogram constituted export subsidies within the meaning of the Agreement on Agriculture.  On 8 F ebruary 2006, the United States enacted 
legislation to repeal the Program at the end of the 2005 marke ting year (i.e., 31 July 2006).  All cotton under the Program was  shipped by 31 July 2006; quantity and budgetary data 
are based on when payments were made. 
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 Page 3Supporting Table ES:1 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Unit ed States of America 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2007 
 
Export Subsidies:  Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments 
 
Description of 
products Direct export 
subsidies (1) 
 
 
(US$) Sales of stocks Producer financed 
subsidies Cost reduction 
measures Internal transport 
subsidies Total product 
specific export 
subsidies (1) 
 
(US$) Quantity of 
subsidized exports 
(2) 
 
(tonnes) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
Wheat  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS (3) 
Coarse grains 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS 
Rice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS 
Vegetable oils 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS Butter and butter oil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS 
Skim milk powder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS 
Cheese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS Other milk products 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS 
Bovine meat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS 
Pigmeat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS Poultry meat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS 
Live dairy cattle (head) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS 
Eggs (dozen) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS 
Upland cotton (4) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FSA (5) 
 
(1) Budgetary outlays are on a fiscal year basis beginning 1 October 2007. 
(2) Quantity commitments are reported for the 1 July 2007 through 1 June 2008 period. 
(3) USDA/FAS:  U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service. 
(4) The panel and Appellate Body reports in the dispute United States – Subsidies on Upland Cotton  (DS267) found that certain payments to exporters under the Upland Cotton 
Domestic Marketing Certificate Pr ogram constituted export subsidies within the meaning of the Agreement on Agriculture.  On 8 F ebruary 2006, the United States enacted 
legislation to repeal the Program at the end of the 2005 marke ting year (i.e., 31 July 2006).  All cotton under the Program was  shipped by 31 July 2006; quantity and budgetary data 
are based on when payments were made. 
(5) USDA/FSA:  U.S. Depa rtment of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency.  
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Page 4 Table ES:2 
 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Unit ed States of America 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2007 
 
Export Subsidies:  Notification of Total Exports 
 
Description of products Marketing year 1 July 2007 through 30 June 2008 Unit Quantity of total exports 
1 2  3 
Bovine meat  Metric Tons 505,192 
Live dairy cattle  Head 13,850 
Pigmeat  Metric Tons 826,917 
Poultry meat  Metric Tons 3,618,346 
Eggs  Dozen 118,320,630 
Cheese  Metric Tons 76,411 
Coarse grains  Metric Tons 9,763,456 
Rice   Metric Tons 2,013,625 
Skim milk powder  Metric Tons 363,915 
Other milk products  Metric Tons 25,953 
Wheat  Metric Tons 34,006,614 
Oilseeds  Metric Tons 32,725,078 
Butter and butter oil  Metric Tons 72,367 
Oilcakes  Metric Tons 8,790,514 
Vegetables  Metric Tons 3,433,896 
Vegetable oils  Metric Tons 1,692,132 
Fruit  Metric Tons 3,476,028 
Tobacco  Metric Tons 197,783 
Upland cotton  Metric Tons 2,995,138 
  
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 Page 5Table ES:1  
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Unit ed States of America 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2008 
 
Export Subsidies:  Budgetary Outlays and Quantity Reduction Commitments 
 
Description of products Calendar / marketing year 
beginning  (1) Subsidized exports (2) Food aid (3)  Annual commitment levels 
  Outlays 
(US$) Quantity 
(tonnes) Quantity 
(tonnes)  Outlays 
(US$) Quantity 
(tonnes) 
1 2 3 4 5  6 7 
Wheat and wheat flour  0 0 1,273,156 (4) 363,814,616 14,522,060 
Coarse grains  0 0 830,900 (5) 46,117,755 1,560,599 
Rice  0 0 63,800  2,368,925 38,544 
Vegetable oils  0 0 178,600  14,082,900 141,299 
Butter and butter oil  11,344,667 1,862 0  30,497,220 21,097 
Skim milk powder  7,200,925 20,025 100  82,463,935 68,201 
Cheese  348,231 152 0  3,635,638 3,030 
Other milk products  0 0 0  20,974 34 
Bovine meat  0 0 0  22,822,166 17,589 
Pigmeat  0 0 0  497,055 395 
Poultry meat  0 0 0  14,554,827 27,994 
Live dairy cattle (head)  0 0 0  11,881,419 11,024 
Eggs (dozen)  0 0 0  1,604,478 6,919,603 
Upland cotton (6)  0 0 0  0 0 
 
(1) All quantity commitments are for the period 1 July 2008 through  30 June 2009 while budgetary ou tlay commitments are impleme nted on fiscal year basi s beginning 1 October 2008. 
(2) WTO dispute settlement proceedings resulted in a determinat ion that the Commodity Credit Corporation export credit guarante e program (GSM-102) conferred an export subsidy 
with respect to specific agricultural goods during fiscal year 2006 of the United States Governme nt.  Summaries of export credi t guarantee activity under the GSM-102 for fiscal year 
2009 can be found at:  http://www.fas.usda.gov/excredits/Monthly/ecg.html .  Dollar amounts for guarantees registered do not constitute budgetary outlays for purposes of annual 
commitment levels. 
(3) Data is for food aid to all destinations on a fiscal year basis beginning 1 October 2008. 
(4) Includes wheat, bulgur wheat and wheat  flour on wheat equivalent basis. 
(5) Includes sorghum. 
(6) The panel and Appellate Body reports in the dispute United States – Subsidies on Upland Cotton  (DS267) found that certain payments to exporters under the Upland Cotton 
Domestic Marketing Certificate Pr ogram constituted export subsidies within the meaning of the Agreement on Agriculture.  On 8 F ebruary 2006, the United States enacted 
legislation to repeal the Program at the end of the 2005 marke ting year (i.e., 31 July 2006).  All cotton under the Program was  shipped by 31 July 2006; quantity and budgetary data 
are based on when payments were made. 
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Page 6 Supporting Table ES:1 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Unit ed States of America 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2008 
 
Export Subsidies:  Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments 
 
Description of 
products Direct export 
subsidies (1) 
 
 
(US$) Sales of stocks Producer financed 
subsidies Cost reduction 
measures Internal transport 
subsidies Total product 
specific export 
subsidies (1) 
 
(US$) Quantity of 
subsidized exports 
(2) 
 
(tonnes) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
Wheat  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS (3) 
Coarse grains 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS 
Rice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS 
Vegetable oils 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS Butter and butter oil 11,344,667 0 0 0 0 11,344,667 1,862 USDA/FAS 
Skim milk powder 7,200,925 0 0 0 0 7,200,925 20,025 USDA/FAS 
Cheese 348,231 0 0 0 0 348,231 152 USDA/FAS Other milk products 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS 
Bovine meat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS 
Pigmeat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS Poultry meat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS 
Live dairy cattle (head) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS 
Eggs (dozen) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS 
Upland cotton (4) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FSA (5) 
 
(1) Budgetary outlays are on a fiscal year basis beginning 1 October 2008. 
(2) Quantity commitments are reported for the 1 July 2008 through 1 June 2009 period. 
(3) USDA/FAS:  U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service. 
(4) The panel and Appellate Body reports in the dispute United States – Subsidies on Upland Cotton  (DS267) found that certain payments to exporters under the Upland Cotton 
Domestic Marketing Certificate Pr ogram constituted export subsidies within the meaning of the Agreement on Agriculture.  On 8 F ebruary 2006, the United States enacted 
legislation to repeal the Program at the end of the 2005 marke ting year (i.e., 31 July 2006).  All cotton under the Program was  shipped by 31 July 2006; quantity and budgetary data 
are based on when payments were made. 
(5) USDA/FSA:  U.S. Depa rtment of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency.  
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 Page 7Table ES:2 
 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Unit ed States of America 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2008 
 
Export Subsidies:  Notification of Total Exports 
 
Description of products Marketing year 1 July 2008 through 30 June 2009 Unit Quantity of total exports 
1 2  3 
Bovine meat  Metric Tons 606,987 
Live dairy cattle  Head 19,977 
Pigmeat  Metric Tons 767,204 
Poultry meat  Metric Tons 3,922,928 
Eggs  Dozen 114,644,158 
Cheese  Metric Tons 69,711 
Coarse grains  Metric Tons 5,559,654 
Rice   Metric Tons 1,966,027 
Skim milk powder  Metric Tons 265,815 
Other milk products  Metric Tons 25,437 
Wheat  Metric Tons 26,883,206 
Oilseeds  Metric Tons 35,493,417 
Butter and butter oil  Metric Tons 41,398 
Oilcakes  Metric Tons 8,368,632 
Vegetables  Metric Tons 3,531,800 
Vegetable oils  Metric Tons 1,167,181 
Fruit  Metric Tons 3,474,220 
Tobacco  Metric Tons 166,519 
Upland cotton  Metric Tons 2,907,171 
 
 
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